School: Cillíní Díoma (roll number 15071)

Location:
Killeenadeema, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Uinsionn Ó Conáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0059, Page 0198

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  1. Stick a gooseberry thorn in your eye for a sore eye
    Wash warts in water on a stone
    Steal a piece of meat and hide it when it rots then warts will go off your hands or feet
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Mhurchadha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Earlspark, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Bean Uí Mhurchadha
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Earlspark, Co. Galway
  2. Fá na Sídheóga

    Bo duine eile a bhlagh maidin Bealtaine

    (II)
    Griosuigh a chuir faoi an gcuineog ag déanamh maistreadh

    (III)
    You should not leave a house where a churning would be going on without twisting the handle

    (IV)
    To sweep the dew of the grass May morning
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.